Constance Wu
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Constance Wu Tian Min March 22, 1982 Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | SUNY-Purchase |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2006–present |
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Wú Tiánmǐn |
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| Hokkien POJ | ngô͘ tiām bín |
Constance Wu Tian Min (born March 22, 1982) is an American actress. Wu is known for her role as Jessica Huang in the ABC comedy series Fresh Off the Boat.
Wu was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, in a Taiwanese family. She graduated from Douglas S. Freeman High School, where she began performing in local theater at Henrico Teen Theater, HATTheatre, Theatre IV, Virginia Shakespeare Festival as well as an NYU program for six months during high school at Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.
Her parents emigrated from Taipei City, the capital of Taiwan. Wu said that her paternal grandparents were very poor, working as bamboo farmers and did not have the opportunity to get an education, so were unable to read and write. Her father was a biology and genetics professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and her mother was a computer programmer.
Wu graduated from State University of New York at Purchase's Conservatory of Theatre Arts with a BFA in Acting in 2005. One of the directors she adores most is Ang Lee, a Taiwanese director who has won the Academy Award for Best Director twice. After college she studied psycholinguistics and almost attended a graduate degree program in speech pathology at Columbia University. She has three sisters, two older and one younger.
In New York, Wu had roles onstage and in independent movies. She made her screen debut with a supporting role in Stephanie Daley (2006). She also had later supporting roles in Year of the Fish and The Architect. On television, she appeared in episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Torchwood, and Covert Affairs, and also had a recurring role as Laudine Lee on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live in 2007. Wu moved to Los Angeles in 2010, where she was cast in Sound of My Voice, which was directed by Brit Marling.
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